From a column on politico.com by John F. Harris headlined “‘Cancel Culture’ Becomes Entertaining at the New York Times”:

As a general rule, most reporters would not wish to have the adjective “stupid” applied to an appraisal of their professional conduct. That’s especially true when the person hurling the adjective, at a member of his own staff, is one of the most influential people in journalism, New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet.